63Approval of application

63 Approval of application

[Section 63 Amended by No. 49 of 2002, s. 13, Applied:01 Mar 2003] [Section 63 Substituted by No. 6 of 2007, s. 10, Applied:16 Jul 2007]

(1)  Except as provided by section 64 , the Minister must approve an application for a licence that –

(a) is in accordance with section 62 ; and

(b) is consistent with the objectives of this Act and any relevant water management plan; and

(c) could not reasonably be expected to lead to material environmental harm or serious environmental harm; and

(d) will not have a significant adverse impact on other persons taking water from the relevant water resource or on the commercial operations of a major user of water from that water resource.

(2)  An approval under subsection (1) takes effect on such day as is specified for that purpose in the notice of the approval given under section 68 .